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As a result, skeptics are unsure of the experience of automated ordering platforms due to factors such as increasing costs, job loss, and overall functionality of the devices (Manion and DeMicco, 2004). Journalist Galen Gruman, recently experienced an IPad based ordering system inside the Newark Liberty International Airport and was less than impressed by the new technology. Surely, he argues, these systems provide accurate visual depictions of food items, and allow…

There were so many different beliefs on mental illnesses and where it came from or how it was created. An ancient Greek physician Claudius Galen believed that all illnesses originated from an out of balance humor or substances in the body. English physician Thomas Willis argued that an internal biochemical relationship was behind mental disorders. Bleeding, purging and even vomiting were thoughts to help and correct any imbalances to heal mental illnesses. It was also argued what came under…

II. Important Information: 1. The main idea is that owning stuff is not the key to happiness and that consumers today own more than they need and it also impacts the environment. Hill demonstrates this by showing statistics of global warming due to consumerism. Hill also claims that most of our stress comes up when we are managing our own personal belongings, whether it be moving to a new house or selling stuff, and that he is personally happier in life owning less items than the average…

Examining illness as a metaphor through an early and recent work of Yayoi Kusama and the impact it has on the spectator Examine a body art/live art practitioner in depth, using two pieces of their work as case studies. Using these pieces, contextualize the artist within the history of body-based/ live art performance This essay will explore illness as a metaphor, something that is representative or symbolic, within Yayoi Kusama’s work and the way in which it enables the spectator to reflect,…

1. Introduction Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, bringing an end to German democracy. Guided by racist and authoritarian ideas, the Nazis abolished basic freedoms(3)The Third Reich quickly became a police state, where individuals were subject to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. By mid-July 1933, the Nazi party was the only political party permitted in Germany German resistance to Nazism (“Widerstand”) was the opposition by individuals and groups in…

Nelle Harper Lee, mainly know as Harper Lee was an American Novelist pulitzer prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960. Lee was studying law and following in her father 's footsteps, then she decided she wanted to be an author. She used many experiences from her childhood, growing up in Monroe Alabama, which included many Civil Right influences. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953 about the events surrounding the Salem witch trials. Miller was an American…

Galileo Galilei Have you ever wondered what Galileo Galilei did in his life?. Galileo Galilei made astonishing and world changing inventions and improvements to other inventions. His inventions and improvements to other inventions were made in the topics of math, astronomy, and cosmology. Galileo Galilei made significant change in the history of science. Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. After he was born he moved and lived in a town close to Florence, Italy.…

When we think of the ancient classical civilization of the Romans, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the amazing architectural feats, or rather the advanced forms of government that we still use to this very day? I submit that neither is as spectacular as the ancient underground catacombs that hold the mass graves of around 2000 skeletons. After watching the NOVA program (titled Roman Catacomb Mystery) on this specific catacomb, I found several interesting aspects of the graves that include, the…